At the scene on the ground floor of a 2-storey concrete house, the body of Mrs. Rawipha Shehane [38] was discovered in a sitting position on the sofa with her legs up on the coffee table. She suffered one bullet wound to the right temple that had gone straight through her head and out of the left side. A single bullet was found on the floor nearby. There were no signs of a struggle or assault.

A typed letter was found nearby which turned out to be the will of Mrs. Shehane instructing her lawyer Mr. Amnaj Thiengtham to proceed in transferring all her property to Mr. Charles Shehane, her American husband as she had no living relatives or children.

Further investigation showed the gun contained five bullets with one missing. The officer made his report of the incident and the gun along with the will were kept as evidence.

The body of the deceased was sent for autopsy at the Forensic Institute to find further clues that may have led to the incident.

Mr. Charles Shehane [56] an American National, stated that he was a former US soldier who later resigned to start a Pet Cemetery Design business before moving to Pattaya and marrying the deceased.

He and his wife had bought the house and lived together for three years. Mr. Shehane did not allow his wife to do much due to her health issues and personal stress. He continued by saying he and his wife had not had an argument or falling out before her death. Before the incident, Mr. Shehane had gone out and on his return found that his wife had killed herself with her gun that was legally registered.

Mr. Shehane presumed his wife had killed herself due to the stress she was under, which was corroborated by the police. After the autopsy the deceased will be returned to the husband for the funeral ceremony.

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Ali Bongo His new thai gf could sure type in Thai. Out with the old in with the new. Ok back to my Armchair.

DAVE

17 Jul 2010 , 12:59pm

wow she was a very thoughtful wife? even made a will leaving all her assets to her husband before blowing her brains out,???but how did she amass those assets?husband wouldnt have provided them when they met would he?then decided he could have a younger model so time to re claim his investment??looks a bit iffy to me, but then again its usually the otherway round and the farang ends up dead and the wife gets everything,

Bob

17 Jul 2010 , 08:45am

"Mr. Shehane did not allow his wife to do much due to her health issues and personal stress."

I'm no feminist, but what kind of nonsense is this? Sounds like he was a control freak and the source of her stress. Something is not kosher about this story.

robert

16 Jul 2010 , 05:41pm

To Chri Nui: no, sometimes the gun drops and sometimes it is necessary to pry it from the hands, depends on the part of the brain damaged. I was a homicide detective for 21 years in LA, and I must say that, if all I read in the news each day is accurate reporting,then I am truly envious of how the Thai police solve 100% of deaths at the scene. My best rate was 82% and I was the top homicide investigator 7 years running. Some of my cases took years to close.

Almost 1 million people commit suicide every year. There has been an enormous collection of data for the past 75 years. Suicide notes are at the forefront of these studies, even using complex algorithms to analyze them. Having said that, less than 3% of genuine suicides type their note. Typed notes are almost always what are known as "elicited".

Question is, who elicited the note?

Depression is the major cause of suicides. Suicide from stress, lacking depression, is rare.

GSR is quite easy to remove prior to police arrival. But the test should have been performed nonetheless.

"Didn't allow his wife to go out much"...hmmmm. My gut feeling is that he let her "go out with a bang."

Ali Bongo

16 Jul 2010 , 02:22pm

When first seeing this article and all the comments my first reaction was that all the posters should stop being armchair detectives and let the guy grieve in peace. However, looking at it again, it does appear to warrant further investigation.

The only thing thats going in the guys favour is that the will appears to have been typed in Thai, I dont know that many farangs who could do that.

ray

16 Jul 2010 , 02:19pm

Joshua Goldstein, if it were not for America you would be writing this in German and or Russian stop being so jealous and envious of the greatest country the world has ever seen (Tony Blair 2007)if you people would stop starting world wars,Kosovo we Americans would not have to come and save you all the time and be called war mongers

Joshua Goldstein

16 Jul 2010 , 11:37am

Never trust a septic yank, they are war mongers, and cold blooded killers.In America, its all about the $$$$, surprisingly more so than in Thailand.

Shocked

16 Jul 2010 , 06:38am

Sure. She didnt go out because the husband was the super jealous type and watched his thai girl like a hawk. Then in a jealous rage he blew her brains out. Typical ex soldier behavior.Yes check this guys hands Im sure the insurance company will demand this.

donkey dong

15 Jul 2010 , 08:55pm

It reminds me of the end of the scooby doo cartoon when they say if it wasn't for you pesky kids I would have got away with it.

Everything about this smells like a katoeys fart ("fishy"). The note is written in both Thai and English, would a thai girl do this in Thailand?

He found out she was going to leave him and decided to claim his property before she did. PDN readers beware you can never fully own property in Thailand.

iano

15 Jul 2010 , 08:12pm

check the husbands hands for gun powder residue

Teddy

15 Jul 2010 , 07:15pm

Extremely fishy, we need Hercule Poirot to solve this mystery.The deceased had no children or family, she was a prime catch!! No need to supply the note? Unless her husband can't inherit under Thai law?She looks at peace now, no matter what her problems were.

pete

15 Jul 2010 , 06:53pm

A typed letter....(Why not written?)

Instruction to the lawyer to put everything on his name.....( If you want to commit suicide,then you have other things on you're mind then property)

Doubt it

15 Jul 2010 , 05:13pm

How did the BIB know she suffered from stress - how much did they receive to come up with that one !!!

Chris Nui

15 Jul 2010 , 04:54pm

I don't want to be pretend to be Columbo, but if she shot herself to the head, would the gun not been dropped instead of being in her hand?